The author clearly loves wood, and uses it as the red thread to take us on an exciting journey through the history of civilization. I loved this book, and the broad range of things that it taught me about, from architecture to metalworking and historic climate change.

Lottie Grote is the bestest!

My favorite of the graphic novels so far.

I was hoping for more space travel and aliens, but got a murder mystery in a corporate dystopia. And a grim one at that.

There were times when this book got very uncomfortable, but the twists and eventual resolution made it worth staying with the story.

Another modern Asterix that's not able to capture the spirit of the old ones. This time Asterix and Obelix travel east to the icy steppes, and the story doesn't really seem to be sure why, or what they're doing there. There are wolves and amazons, and plenty of terrible wordplay.

I want to read more Spirou comics in this style. Flix did a fantastic job with the story and the art.

This should become a movie! Nicely navigates a path between telling a compelling story and historical accuracy. Not my usual fare, although I guess I do like to read civil rights stories.

I'm beyond excited to have found another Paranormal London series. This book scratches the same itch for me as the Rivers of London books or the Athena Club series do.

This was only okay. Even in this third revision of Wendig's self-proclaimed “trunk novel”, there was too much stuff for one book here, and the conclusion did not feel satisfying.

I had been meaning to read this since before the Trump presidency, and finally got around to it. This book is both a classic and very relevant today. Lewis presents a very plausible version of American fascism grounded in a mix of corporate power and populism.

I think I may be over Max Barry. The themes are repeating themselves (corporations are bad, mkay?), and the characters in this book are very one-dimensional. I never felt much empathy for the protagonist, either.

This was a slog. Things keep happening to the protagonist, he never really gets in control of them, and then eventually, his quest just ends and the book is over. There are some similarities to Wizard's Guide, but that book was much better.

It's not the fairy tale you might expect, but it's really good.

A very worthy sequel to the first book.

Mona is a young baker with magical talent who suddenly finds herself with the fate of her entire cities (and an animated gingerbread man) on her shoulder. Fun YA fantasy novel from an author I hadn't read before, but definitely will seek out more.

I can't say I wasn't warned, and I knew how it had to end, but none of that softened the blow. Well done.

The style emulates that of an author who is paid by the word, and can at times get tedious. The story is fine, but there are a few to many characters whose motivations don't become clear until late into thw book, and I found myself confused about who was who a few times.

This book-within-a-book is nothing like Middlegame, and if you're looking for a connection, you'll be disappointed. It's just a story in the vein of Narnia or the Wizard of Oz. Not bad, but also not knocking me off my feet.